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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Réunion

The list of Réunion bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2009, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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10 Apr 2009 (Journal de l'Ile de la Réunion-Saint-Paul la Réunion) The Bishop of the diocese of La Réunion, Gilbert Aubry, has officially announced that he was ready to cede 3 Christian public holidays to other religions. The 3 public holidays specifically mentioned by the Bishop are: Easter Monday, Ascension, and Whitmonday. • 25 Oct 2006 The French cabinet has decided that the 2007 presidential elections will be held on April 22, 2007, followed by an almost certainly necessary second round on May 6, 2007. The presidential elections will be followed by a two-round vote for the legislative assembly, on June 10 and June 17, 2007. Note that French overseas dependencies, such as La Réunion, will cast their vote in the presidential election, the day before the vote in France. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Réunion public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in La Réunion are the same as those in France and are regulated by Article L222-1 du Code du travail (Labour Code), to which is added Abolition Day. • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • Whit Monday was no longer recognized as one of the public holidays as of 2005, to help fund health care for elderly persons following the high number of elderly deaths during the heat wave of the summer of 2003. However, it returned to the list of French public holidays starting in 2008. • Ethnic/Religious Holidays: Other holidays are celebrated in some regions of Réunion by the various ethnic communities are: Chinese New Year, Guan Di, Tamoul New Year's Day, Cavadee/Kavadi, Dipavali, Ramadan, Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Kébir. • Réunion International Codes RE and REU (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .re (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Réunion information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Réunion maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Réunion), and Wikipedia (includes Réunion commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Réunion, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2009 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Réunion, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Réunion, before planning any trip to Réunion. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.